CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_USERAGENT - HTTP user-agent header
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, char *ua);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It is used to
set the User-Agent: header field in the HTTP request sent to the remote
server. You can also set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
NULL, no User-Agent: header is used.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Dark Secret Ninja/1.0");
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), CURLOPT_REFERER(3),
CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3)
curl 8.9.1 - Generated Mon Aug 12 08:39:50 CDT 2024